Earlier, the sun did not set, and Sogo and Hongzi had not yet gone downstairs, sitting on the bed and looking at each other.

"…I already have someone I like, sorry."

"It's Sugawara Senior Sister, right?"

Hongzi looked at him, so calm that she was even surprised.

It seems that I shed too many tears a few days ago, she thought.

Soya nodded, as calm as she was, "I like Kyoko."

"I've seen it long ago."

"Yeah."

Hongzi leaned towards the head of the bed, looked out the bright window with her eyes, and felt empty for a moment and thought nothing.

After a while, she looked at Zong Gu.

"Take off the mask."

"no."

"Why?"

"What's the reason, have you been controlled by the flu virus?"

Hongzi looked at him, "There is no virus, I'm already cured."

Jiang Xin looked at her a few doubts, and Zong Gu moved to the end of the bed, then took off his mask.

"On the afternoon of the day when I went to buy my swimsuit, I saw Soya and Senior Sugawara on a date."

“…”

Seeing that there was indeed a look of surprise on his face, Hongzi smiled.

"I didn't expect it?"

"Um……"

"In the afternoon, I went to change my swimsuit alone."

She could already recall what happened that day in peace, "As soon as she walked to the swimsuit shop, she saw Soya and Sugawara senior sisters coming out of it, and then went upstairs... Soya didn't notice me at all."

Zong Gu was silent for a while.

"Yeah, I didn't notice it."

Hongzi's expression didn't seem to change much. She arched her legs and hugged her knees through the quilt, and her body leaned as before.

"I'm obviously on a date with my senior sister, and I'm still saying I have a job. Did Zong Gu hide it from me?"

“…”

He shook his head, "I only found out after seeing Kyoko."

"What's the meaning?"

Soya hesitated for a moment, and told her the whole story of Kyoko's invitation to him.

At this moment, she had no hiding from him, and he didn't want to leave any unknown place.

"……Yeah."

After hearing this, Hongzi was silent for a while.

"So that Ice Beauty Senior Sister has such a cute side... As expected, do boys like this type of cold on the outside and hot on the inside?"

Zong Gu didn't say anything.

She looked over again, "Have Zonggu and his senior sister started dating?"

"No."

"Why?"

"There is no special opportunity. And now in this state, it is very comfortable for each other."

Fearing that she still had some thoughts, Zong Gu followed again, "It's only a matter of time before we start dating."

"Yeah."

Hongzi glanced at him, hugged her knees, and thought of something again, "Does Akane know about this?"

"have no idea."

"She doesn't know or Soya doesn't know."

"I have no idea."

"oh."

In the next few minutes, neither of them spoke and remained silent with their own thoughts.

"What else?" Hongzi suddenly spoke.

Zong Gu looked up and said, "What..."

"What else Soya wants to know about me?"

“…”

He thought for a while, "Yoshikawa plans to do what in the future..."

"—That's what I'll be talking about later." Hongzi interrupted him, "I'm talking about before today."

Zong Gu shook his head.

"there is none left."

"real?"

"I know much more about Yoshikawa than you think."

Hongzi smiled, "Should I be happy?"

Zonggu looked at her, "It's better not to do it."

"It's true, I'm showing this cold look again..."

Hongzi lowered her head and rested on her knees.

"Every time Zong Gu rejects me with this expression, my heart is like glass falling from a twenty-story building. Do Zong Gu understand this uncomfortable feeling?"

“…”

He pursed his lower lip and looked out the window.

“I understand now.”

She stared at his side face for a while.

"Songgu..."

"Um."

"I've confessed everything to Sonoya, there's no secret."

Sonoya looked back, "Is that true?"

"So… in exchange, can Soya answer my question honestly?"

He fell silent.

When Hongzi agreed, she asked a question he had already guessed.

"I like Zonggu so much... Does Zonggu feel a little about me?"

“…”

Still asked.

Soya was silent for more than half a minute before speaking: "I like Kyoko."

"Well, I already know. What I'm asking now is how Soya feels about me."

"I always regarded Yoshikawa as my best friend."

Hongzi chuckled, then clenched her lips the next second, tears flowing down before she tried to stop it.

"It's so cruel... Zong Gu has been hiding it and refused to answer. Isn't this just like me too..."

"Why is the only senior Sugawara who is favored..."

......

When Hongzi's mood became more stable, the sky outside became brighter and then darkened.

Zong Gu got up and touched the lights in the room, and stepped on the tissue that had been thrown all over the floor.

"The tissue box is empty... Do you want to go downstairs to get another pack of tissues?"

"No."
To be continued...